бенэ

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *béne (“in different places or direction; open, undone; apart, in two”). Perhaps related to Ket бинь (bīnʲ, “piece of fish, fish cutlets”), itself from Proto-Ketic *bin (“piece of fish”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛ˩˧.nɛ˧˩], [bɛn˩˧.ʔɛ˧˩], [bɛ˩˧.na˧˩]

Adjective

бенэ (béne)

  1. different, separate

Adverb

бенэ (béne)

  1. separated in two parts, into equal parts, into halves

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 124-125, 142-143

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 113
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 116
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